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Whether or not former Givenchy creative director Julien MacDonald, a judge on the new season of Britain's Next Top Model, is just trying to drum up some publicity for the upcoming season is irrelevant--he issued some fighting words this weekend when he told a Welsh newspaper that a plus sized winner would be "a joke."

In an interview with Wales on Sunday, the designer said, "There were no plus size models. This is a serious show. You can’t have a plus size girl winning - it makes it a joke.” He went on to say, "It’s not fair on them - you’re setting them up for a fall - I know what would happen to them afterwards. They are looked down on, they’re frowned upon. A catwalk model is a size six to eight [equivalent to a US 2 to 4]."